Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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From: Brian Dobson
Subject: TAB: BONES BY RADIOHEAD
Date: Sun, 10 Dec 95 22:38:22 GMT
Bones by Radiohead (The Bends)
Transcribed by Nathan Dobson
Respect to the Bricklord!
A Barn product 1995.
This is a fairly easy song and i'm surprised no-one has done it yet.
If added to the bends album tab please mention my name (Nathan Dobson).
Here goes....
Intro (Bass)
D G F# E F# A B A B A B A B x2
Verse (Bar Chords) Clean Guitar Note: on the A & B
bits, play A 3 times
D G F# E F# A B A B A B A B then B once and A
I don't want to be cripple cracked again on the last
strum. ie:
D G F# E F# A B A B A B A B 1 2 3 4
Shoulders, wrists, knees and back A A B A
D G F# E F# A B A B A B A B
Ground to a dust and ash
D G F# E F# A B A B A B A B
Crawling on all fours.
Chorus (Distortion)
They say you've
E F# G A B A B A B A B
got to feel it in your bones x2
Then to verse 2 which is the same as the first, followed by the chorus
again.
After that is the bridge which is the same as the verse but in distortion.
Here are the Lyrics
I don't want to be cripple cracked
Shoulders, wrists, knees and back
Ground to a dust and ash
Crawling on all fours
They say
You've got feel it in your bones x2
Now that I can't climb the stairs
With people laughing everywhere
Prozak Painkillllers
You've got to feel it in your bones x2
I used to fly like peter pan
All the children came and touched my hand
You've got to feel it in your bones x2
I have some tab for the lead guitar, so e-mail me if you want me to put it
up.
Nathan Dobson
e-mail: fy67@dial.pipex.com
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
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BONES - Radiohead
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Tabbed by: bobbycdm
E-mail: bobbycdm@att.net
"Bones" by Radiohead, off the album "The Bends"
There were a couple of tabs for this song, but they only listed the chords and didn't have it fully tabbed
out. Here's my shot at a tab, based off of their chords, live footage of the band, and playing along to the
song.
EDIT 12/5/2014: Fixed the verse riff for gtr 2, I thought it was an A note but it's actually an E.
Gtr. 1: Johnny Greenwood- distorted, tremolo (during intro and verses)
Gtr. 2: Ed O'Brien- clean for verse 1, then distorted
Tuning: EADGBE (Standard) (both guitars)
INTRO
Gtr 1: Strum the A5 chord with tremolo, slowly increasing in volume/strumming force until the verse.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|2-2-2-2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|0-0-0-0--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtr. 2: Hit the D chord once right at the beginning of the verse (when the band enters)
e|2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE 1
Gtr. 1: Hit A5 once (listen for the timing- right at the end of each of Thom's lines), again
with tremolo; start with a very fast tremolo and turn the "rate" or "speed" knob down as the chord
rings out.
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|2--------------------------------------------------------------------------| x5
A|0--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Then, the last time before the chorus, strum the chord progressively harder, just like the intro.
Gtr. 2: At the same time that Gtr. 1 comes in during the verse, play this (let the notes ring out)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|5-------5---5---5---5---5---5---5------------------------------------------|
G|x-------x---x---x---x---x---x---x------------------------------------------|
D|2-------2---2---2---2---2---2---2------------------------------------------| x6
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
In case you want to know, the bassline goes something like this:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|5-5-5-5---------------0---0---0-0-0-2-0-0-0---0-0-0-2--------------------|
E|--------3-3-3-3-2-0-2-------3---------------3----------------------------|
CHORUS
Gtr.s 1 and 2: it sounds like Johnny (Gtr. 1) plays a bit of a lead here, but both guitars basically follow
this progression:
Em F#m G A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------0-------2----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------0-------2---4-----2---2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4------------------|
D|----2-2-2---4-4-4---5-5---2---2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4---2-2-4------------------| x2
A|----2-2-2---4-4-4---5-5---0---0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2---0-0-2------------------|
E|3-2-0-0-0---2-2-2---3-3----------------------------------------------------|
Note: I might be wrong about the B5's, it could also be this chord:
e|--
B|--
G|2-
D|4-
A|0-
E|--
I'm not sure, so I'd just say to use whichever sounds best to you.
VERSE 2:
On the album version, a third guitar enters here and plays the power chords tabbed out below while Gtr. 1
plays the same part from VERSE 1 and Gtr. 2 plays arpeggios, but in live performances Ed (Gtr. 2) plays this
part. I've given it to Gtr. 2 to stay consistent with the live versions.
Gtr. 2- same timing as before, but now play this (with distortion)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2----------------------------------|
D|2---2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-4-2-4-2----------------------------------| x3
A|0---0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0----------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS 2:
Same as CHORUS 1.
VERSE 3:
It's hard to differentiate the two guitars here; play these chords with distortion; also, Johnny has a few
guitar licks in there but I'm not sure what they are.
e|2---2-------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|3---3(0)3---3--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|2---2(0)0---0---------2---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4----------------------|x2
D|0---0(0)0---0---------2---2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4-2-2-2-4----------------------|
A|--------2---2---------0---0-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2-0-0-0-2----------------------|
E|--------3---3---2-0-2------------------------------------------------------|
Note: The notes in parentheses are optional, just some guitar noise between chords.
Also, the second time you play this, make sure to end with the E|3-2-0- at the beginning of the chorus.
CHORUS 3:
Same as CHORUSes 1 and 2.
OUTRO:
Continue playing the chords from the chorus; Johnny has another lead here, which sounds to me like bending
strings in E minor (again, I don't know for sure).
Towards the end, hit the Em and F#m chords once, then play G, A5, and B5 normally.
End on A5- Gtr. 1 with tremolo.
And that's all, folks. I know it's not 100% complete, so any comments or corrections are welcome.
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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